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Thursday, June 08, 2017

TWO TYPES OF ISLAM

TWO TYPES OF ISLAM

By: Kassim Ahmad

9th June, 2017

Do not be mistaken. There are two types of Islam, one that we inherited
from our ancestors, and the true one that is taught in God's final
scripture, the protected Quran. No scripture could be protected before
this -- man's scientific,knowledge has not attained that stage as yet.
Therefore all scriptures before the Quran have been tempered with.

Even the Quran has been tempered with! See how the Devil works? Surah Al-Bara'ah (9)
originally has 127 verses. During the time Uthman (third califh), a
commision was set up to check the Quran, his order being that two or
more witnesses must confirm each verse. One of the commission's members,
Khuzaimah, suggested to credit the Prophet by adding two more verses to
this Surah, i.e. 128 and 129. The original Quran ended at verse 127.

This is confirmed by history. Hafsah's copy of the Prophet's own
manuscript that he wrote himself was ordered to be burnt by later
caliph, Marwan! If the revised copy was the same as the Prophet's copy,
why was the order made? Note that Surah 9, does not begin with the usual
basmallah . The All-knowing
God knew that this chapter was going to be tempered with; He therefore
withheld His stamp of approval. This was not to be known for centuries
until Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered the awesome Code 19. The discovery
of this code contained in Surah 74, verse 30 so encouraged Dr. Kalifa
that he claimed himself to be messenger of the covenant, which was to be
Prophet Muhammad. The context of verse proves this.

I happened to know Dr. Khalifa and I dissuaded him from making the
claim, telling him over the phone. if that were true, to let God Himself
show it. He failed to take my advice, leading him to be stabbed to
death! I happend to see that Dr Khalifa was prone be egoistical. So in
my prayers I always pray that I am protected from that weakness.

The other Islam is the true Islam to be found in the Quran. The Prophet
was strongly warned by God not to initiate any other teaching than the
Quran. (See Surah 69, verses 38-48), thus rendering the so-called
hadiths as fabrications tied to the great name of the Prophet.

Strangely, of late someone has began a movement called the Quran-hour.
Although I should welcome it, I am a bit scaptical. I would rather begin
a Quran academy, training hundreds of students the methodology of Quran
study so that in a few years we may have many, many proficient students
of the Quran. The students must of course study classical Arabic. I
studied Arabic at the university as a subsidiary subject..

It has been said that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the
world. Yet all over the world, the call to prayers is made, although
there is no need to now since we know the times of prayers. Worse they
repeat the so-called second syahadah against the clear prohibition in
the Quran (see Surah 63, verses 1-2). Prophet Muhammad, the last prophet
bringing the last divine scripture to the world, was only one of 25
prophets mentioned in the Quran. The ones that are not mentioned must
number thousands, since every community was sent a prophet-messenger to
deliver God's teachings. .

About Me

(About Kassim Ahmad
By: M. Bakri Musa)
Kassim Ahmad is Malaysia's foremost thinker and philosopher. He grabbed national headlines in the 1950s with his dissertation on the characters of Hang Tuah (Perwatakan Hang Tuah), the Malay literary classic. In it he challenged the traditional interpretation and made the hitherto hero Hang Tuah as nothing more than a palace hack, and elevated the anti-hero Hang Jebat as the true hero, willing to kill even the sultan in defence of honor and principles.
Kassim was jailed for nearly five years under the ISA for daring to express openly his political views, an experience which he recounted in his book, Universiti Kedua (Second University).
Kassim again shook the Malay world with his "Hadith: A Re-Examination" in which he challenges the infallibility of the purported words of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
Except for an honorary doctorate in Letters conferred by the National University of Malaysia, the country has not seen fit to honor this great public intellectual.
June 2005